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About Our Chapter

Founded in 1984, MPI Ottawa is the leading community for meeting and event professionals in Canada’s capital region. With nearly 200 active members, our chapter is built on connection, collaboration, and a shared passion for elevating our industry.


By joining MPI Ottawa, you’ll become part of a dynamic network dedicated to your personal growth and professional success. Engage in innovative learning experiences, build lasting relationships with peers who inspire you, and embrace new ideas that empower you to lead positive change in the meetings and events community.

Our chapter is proud to be recognized for its impact and excellence:

2022 & 2023: Volunteer Engagement Merit Award, Net Profit Merit Award, and the overall Excellence Award from MPI International
2024: Chapter of Excellence Award
2025: Inaugural Social Impact Rise Award

Join us at an upcoming event and experience the energy, creativity, and community that make MPI Ottawa truly one of a kind.

          

 

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"I am excited to work alongside our talented board to craft a strategic plan that will help guide our chapter’s growth and impact. Our focus will remain on connecting the global meeting and event community to learn, innovate, collaborate, and advocate. By aligning our efforts with this mission, we aim to empower our members with meaningful opportunities, foster innovation across our industry, and strengthen our collective voice on the issues that matter most. Together, we’ll continue to build an inclusive, resilient, and forward-thinking meeting and event community. "

- Bruce Landry, MPI Ottawa Chapter, President 2025

 


 

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Planners: 110
Suppliers: 83
Students: 12
Faculty: 2
Other: 4

 

 

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MPI Ottawa Membership Anniversaries

MPI Ottawa Membership Anniversaries

By Meg LaPlante & Gabrielle Whittaker

This July, the recognition sub-committee sent a survey out to members of our chapter asking them to confirm the date they joined MPI Ottawa. This initiative was started so that we may recognize long-standing active members of our chapter and congratulate them on milestone years of membership. Special anniversary pins will be given to these members during this year’s AGM on September 10th as a thank you for their years of involvement in our chapter. Please join us in recognizing the following members for their milestone anniversaries.

5 Years

  • Christina Amos
  • Zarife Bazerly
  • Ashley Craven, CMP
  • Jill Garner
  • Anne Lamarche, CMP
  • Meg LaPlante
  • Matthew LeBlanc, CMP
  • Craig McConnell
  • Kraig-Paul Proulx
  • Sam Pochun
  • Marvin Self
  • Darcy Vaughan

10 Years

  • Dora Dalietos
  • Joan MacKinnon, CMP
  • Tina Nicodemo
  • Karen Norris, CMP

15 Years

  • Greg Plazek

20 Years

  • Francine St Martin

25 Years +

  • Melanie Hudson, 27 years
  • Anna Lee Chabot, CMP, 34 years

We also want to acknowledge the following members who may not be celebrating the above milestones this year, but have been a part of our chapter for many years.

6 to 9 Years

  • Tanya Angus, CMP
  • Alice Au, CPCE
  • Julie Berube
  • Stacy Blacquiere
  • Dave Bruce
  • Lynn Chiasson
  • Allison Collins
  • Shawnna Dickie-Garnhum
  • Pamela DiNardo
  • Tanya Fisher, CMP
  • Marc Forgette
  • Allison Garrod
  • Geeta Gera
  • Paul Glover, CMP
  • Patricia Gougeon, CMP
  • Brian Henry
  • Jamie Holland
  • Michelle Jackson
  • Angela Jefferies
  • Nicole Jeffrey
  • Sarah Landry, CMP
  • Don Leddy
  • Sandra Leslie, CMM, CMP, CMP-HC
  • Kim MacDonald
  • Janet Maslin
  • Catherine Mathieu
  • Jennifer McAndrew, MBA, CED, DES
  • Diane Mongrain
  • Kim Morissette
  • Rebecca Narr
  • Bengt Neathery
  • Barbara Outschoorn
  • Janette Rached, CMP
  • Paula Racher
  • Patricia Simpson
  • Daniela Stucki
  • Jennifer Thompson
  • Rebecca Trafford
  • Andrea Wagner
  • Karen Wiersma
  • Ryan Young

11 to 14 years

  • Jennifer Beatty
  • Cynthia Beaudin
  • Wendy Bradley
  • Lira Buschman, CMP
  • Sally Clelford
  • Lindsay DenBoer
  • Diane Fowles
  • Sharon Fryer, CMP
  • Riccarda Galioto
  • Philippe Kwon
  • Desmond Lomas, CMP
  • Maryse Morin
  • Gaye O'Bertos
  • Andrea Pinsent-Martineau
  • Catherine Porter
  • Scott Ventresca
  • Lori Wagner
  • Kevin Wolfe

16 to 19 years

  • Carole Brault, CMP
  • Francois Brunet
  • David Dugas
  • Wendy Eligh, CMM, CMP, DES
  • Claire Fitzpatrick, CMM, CMP
  • Rose-Marie Guerra, CMP
  • Andrew Horsfield
  • Darlene Kelly-Stewart, HAFA
  • Heather Lockwood, CMP
  • Dawn Lucas, CMP, CFSNM
  • Rozanne Lyons, CMP
  • Marye Menard-Bos, CMM, CMP
  • Martha Tobin
  • Ana Vallejos, CMP

21 to 24 years

  • Dianne Dodds, CMP
  • Louise Gervais, CMM, CMP
  • Mary-Frances Gingras, CMP
  • Bryan Glube
  • Ellyn Holzman, CMP
  • Liette Philippe

Congratulations and thank you to all of our long standing members.

Not on the list but think you should be? Please email Gabrielle at gabrielle.whittaker@brookstreet.com, so we may update our files with your correct join date.  (Editor’s Note: MPI recognizes years of membership anniversaries based on CONTINUOUS years of membership with MPI and not cumulative years of membership)

Headshot_LaPlante Gabrielle_headshot Article compiled by Meg LaPlante, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and Gabrielle Whittaker, Brookstreet Hotel

Article edited by: Darlene Kelly-Stewart, Stonehouse Sales & Marketing Services


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